The ISLA workshop event (Munich, FRI 26-Jun-2015) was fully booked, and proved highly successful. The day began with a summary of the progress made in the project, followed by a series of presentations from expert guest speakers on applications for two micron lasers. The quality of presentations was exceptional. The ISLA consortium would like to thank all the […]

There has been an excellent response to the ISLA workshop invitations, and preparations are well under way.

There will be a range of presentations on the progress made in 2 um fibre laser component hardware by the ISLA partners, including Tm- and Ho-fibres (ORC), passive and active components (G&H), graphene modelockers (TCD) and […]

G&H received a notable prize recently: its “Fiber-Q” product won the IOP Award for Innovation. As the press release states:

“Gooch & Housego are proud to announce that the Fiber-Q was given the prestigious Institute of Physics (IOP) Award for Innovation at a ceremony at the London based Institute in October. The award winning […]

The ISLA newsletter #5 has been released, with items on high power testing of Gooch & Housego isolators and combiners, modelocker development at Trinity College Dublin and rare earth fibre fabrication at Southampton ORC.

And we are still on the look-out for end users interested in 2 um fibre lasers!